Research and Publications:

 

Since 1987, I have channeled my interests into writing technical dictionaries in the areas of structural and construction engineering.  A list of Publications follows.

 

Publications in Refereed Journals

 

  1.       El-Atrousy, M.N. and Al-Juruf, R.S., “Design Aids for Slabs Having Beamless Cantilever Balconies”,  Civil Engineering for Practising and Design Engineers, an International Journal, Vol. 2, No. 6, 1983, USA.

 

  2.       Alam, M.S.and Al-Juruf,  R.S., “A Method to Increase the Buckling Resistance of Long Pipe-Columns”, Civil Engineering for Practising and Design Engineers, an International Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1983, USA.

 

  3.       Alam, M.S.and Al-Juruf, R.S., “Factors Influencing the Modulus of Rupture of Sulfur-Infiltrated Concrete”,  Journal of Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 13, No. 2, 1983, USA.

 

  4.       Alam, M.S. and Al-Juruf, R.S.,  “Prediction of the Compressive Strength of SIC for Variable Sulfur Loading”,  Journal of Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 13, No. 4, 1983, USA.

 

  5.       Al-Juruf, R.S., Abdel-Rahman, H.H., Ahmed, F.A. and Alam, I.A., “Determination of the Thermal Conductivity of Date Palm Leaves,”  Journal of Thermal Insulation, Vol. II, January 1988, USA.

 

  6.       Al-Juruf, R.S.,  Abdel-Rahman, H.H., Ahmed,  F.A. and Alam, I.A., “Development of Heat Insulating Materials Using Date Palm Leaves”,  Journal of Thermal Insulation, Vol. II, January 1988, USA.

 

  7.       Abdel-Rahman, H.H., Al-Juruf, R., Ahmed, F.and Alam,  I.,  “Physical, Mechanical and Durability Characteristics of Date Palm Frond Stalks as Reinforcement in Structural Concrete”, International Journal of Cement Composites and Light Weight Concrete, Vol. 10, No. 3, August 1988, England.

 

  8.       Ahmed, F.A., Al-Juruf, R.S., Alam, I.A. and Abdel-Rahman, H.H., “Heat-Insulating Roofs from Date Palm Fronds”,  Journal of Architectural Science Review, September 1989, Sydney, Australia.

 

  9.       Ahmed, F.A., Al-Juruf, R.S., Abdel-Rahman, H.H. and Alam, I.A., “A Homogeneous Building Material from Date Palm Fronds”,  Journal of Building and Environment, Vol. 25, No. 2, 1990, Edinburgh, Scotland.

 

10.       Al-Amoudi, O.S.B., Mohiuddin, N.A. and Al-Juruf,  R.S., “Effect of Core Diameter on Concrete Core Strength”   Published in ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 92, No. 4, 1995.

 

 

Conference Publications

 

1.         Crim, W., Al-Juruf, R.S. and Ioannides, S.,  “Buckling of Columns with Non-uniform Cross Sections and Variable End Conditions”, published in the proceedings of the Second Iranian Congress of Civil Engineering, Shiraz, Iran, 1976.

 

2.         Hackett, R.M. and Al-Juruf, R.S., “Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis of Acoustic Instability of Solid Rocket Motors”,  published in the proceedings of the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, Hampton, Virginia, 1976.

 

3.         Hackett, R.M. and Al-Juruf, R.S., “A Three-Dimensional Finite Element Code for Combustion Instability Prediction”,  published in the proceedings of the 13th JANNAF Combustion Meeting, Monterey, California, 1976.

 

4.         Al-Juruf, R.S., Abdel-Rehman, H.H., Ahmed, F.A. and Alam, I.A., “Use of Date Palm Fronds as Main Reinforcement in Concrete Beams”,  published in the proceedings of the Symposium on Concrete and Concrete Structures in the Middle East, Riyadh, April 1987.

 

5.         Abdel-Rahman, H.H., Al-Juruf, R.S., Ahmed, F.A. and Alam, I.A.,  “Durability Studies of Date Palm Frond Fibers in Concrete”, published in the proceedings of the Symposium on Concrete and Concrete Structures in the Middle East, Riyadh, April 1987.

 

6.         Abdel-Rahman, H.H., Al-Juruf, R.S., Ahmed, F. and Alam, I..,  “Potential Use of Date Palm Fronds in Producing New Building Materials”, Published in the proceedings of the First Regional Conference on Civil Engineering, March 1989, Bahrain.

 

7.         Al-Juruf, R.S., Mohiuddin, N.A., Azad, A.K. and Al-Amoudi, O.S.B., “Prediction of In-Situ Concrete Strength Using 50 mm Diameter Cores”, Published in the proceedings of Save the Environment Conference, Beirut, Lebanon, November 1995.

 

8.         Mohiuddin, M.A., Khulief, Y.A., and Al-Juruf, R.S., “Vibration Analysis of Rotor-Bearing Systems with Internal Damping and Torsional Effects”, Procceedings of DETC 99:  1999 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, September, 1999, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

 

9.         Al-Juruf, R.S., “Biological Degradation of Date-Palm Fronds Used in Construction”, Proceedings of the 6th Saudi Engineering Conference, December, 2002, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

 

 

Other Publication

 

            R.S. Al-Juruf, “A Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis to Predict the Instability of Solid Propellant Rocket Motors”,  Dissertation; copyrighted by University Microfilm International, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1978.

 

 

Books

 

1.         Al-Juruf, R.S., “Al-Murshid: English-Arabic Dictionary of Structural Engineering Terms”, Refereed and published by Kuwait University, May 1990.

 

2.         Al-Juruf, R.S. and Shash, A. A.,  “Al-Muyassir: English-Arabic Dictionary of Construction Engineering and Management Terms”, Refereed and recommended for publication by the research committee at KFUPM. Published by Al-Ubaikan Library, Riyadh, June 1995.

 

3.         Al-Juruf, R.S.,  “Al-Mutarjem: English-Arabic Dictionary of American Idioms”,  Complete and being refereed.

 

Reports

 

 

1.         Al-Juruf, R. et al., “The Saudi Ph.D. and Research”, Submitted to the Rector of the University, 1982.

 

2.         Al-Juruf, R. et al., Four Progress Reports on “Development of New Building Materials Using Date Palm Fronds”, Submitted to KACST, June 1985-December 1986.

 

3.         Al-Juruf, R. et al., Final Report on “Development of New Building Materials Using Date Palm Fronds”, Submitted to KACST, May 1987.

 

4.         Al-Juruf, R., Revised Final Report on “Development of New Building Materials Using Date-Palm Fronds”, Submitted to KACST, April 1998.